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It appears to me to be hopeless to expect any material
benefit from the order when the sufferer is compelled to live
with others in one or two rooms, and the advice to sleep alone
is a counsel of perfection very rarely capable of being followed.
It seems desirable that my Committee should express their
views very strongly that they consider it advisable that a
sanatorium should be established under the direct control of
the Metropolitan Asylums Board, the institution to be maintained
by a charge upon the Metropolitan Boroughs according
to their rateable values.
A conference to representatives from the City Corporation
and the Metropolitan Boroughs was held earlier in the year to
consider the whole question and the conference expressed the
opinion that the establishment of Tuberculosis Dispensaries in
each Borough was a desirable adjunct for the treatment of
Phthisis, thus endorsing the view expressed by Sir Shirley
Murphy in his last annual report.
The preventative measures undertaken by such an institution
are detailed in the report on the value of a Tuberculosis
Dispensary (see page 95).
POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNCILS.
Special powers are given to the Borough Council by
Article IX (l).
Special Poxcers of Councils.
Article IX.—(l) For the purposes of these Regulations
and of the Poor Law Regulations and of the
Hospital Regulations a Council, on the advice of their
Medical Officer of Health, may supply all such medical
or other assistance, and all such facilities and articles as
may reasonably be required for the detection of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, and for preventing the spread of infection